It took almost 4 hours, and almost every bit of epoxy from 3 kits (I might have had about 1m2 of epoxy left, if that. Either I went with a heavy coat, or the surface was significantly more porous after the acid etch. Not a problem- either way (and most likely both), it will be a better finish because of it.

I might have been a bit heavy handed with the paint flakes, but it is personal preference- either would be a good option.

Tomorrow I will apply the glaze, which will seal the vinyl paint chips in, while finishing off the floor coating (and it will have some non-slip agent stirred through- provided in the Shield-crete kit).

Video coming- once glaze is added to the footage recorded. Oh, and note to self- the GoPro does not change exposure settings during a video, so if you start a time lapse early morning when it is quite dark, the resulting footage will be too overexposed by 11am!

I would have stopped recordings during camera moves, but a. I didn’t know this fact before now, and b. while applying the epoxy, my hands became so sticky with epoxy (and paint chips!), if I had touched it, the GoPro would have become a permanent fixture!

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I’d be very light with the non slip if at all.Too much makes more dust when you sweep. And you only need it in wet areas. Put a rug in front of the door to wipe your feet on when you come in.Seal it up and it will be a pleasure to clean it up.The broom will glide over the floor and not make dust,

I’ve just come in from applying the first glaze layer. I decided to put in the non-slip, using the following justifications:

1. It follows the manufacturer’s directions, and if it is too slippery on the glaze layer, that is bad news around machinery.

2. I am going to do a second coat, which will effectively completely cover the first layer and any non-slip in that one will be pretty ineffective, so I can assess how the non-slip is before making a final decision for the top layer.

3. The top coat can have none, one, or two bags of non-slip. Two bags would be to manufacturer’s design for the area being coated, so the one (extra) bag I have used will demonstrate how effective 1/2 that concentration is.

4. It really is a small bag, of a very fine powder- can’t see how it will make a lot of difference either way!!